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Imaging device

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-25
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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Enables more intuitive and user-friendly manual focus assist by allowing the enlarged region to be moved to the desired area, improving the ability to check and adjust the focal state of the subject within the imaging device.

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However, since the position of this area is fixed, this result in the problem that the subject for which the user wants to check the focal state is not included inside this area.

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[0022]The digital camera 100 in Embodiment 1 is capable of imaging in which diorama filtering is performed by a diorama filter. The digital camera 100 also has the function of moving the position of an effect frame (discussed below) that indicates the range over which the vignette effect is applied by the filter prior to imaging, and setting coordinates. The digital camera 100 also has a manual focus (MF) assist function of enlarging a specific area when the user operates MF, and has the function of moving the position of the region that is enlarged for display, according to the position of the effect frame of the diorama filter. The digital camera 100 performs imaging control on the basis of these functions and settings. The configuration and operation of the digital camera 100 will now be described.

[0023]1. Configuration

[0024]The configuration of the digital camera 100 will now be described through reference to the drawings.

[0025]1-1. Configuration of Digital Camera 100

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Abstract

An imaging device is provided that includes an imaging component, an image processor a display component, and a controller. The imaging component is configured to capture a subject image and produce image information that corresponds to the subject image. The image information has a first region and a second region. The image processor is configured to perform a vignette processing on the second region to produce a vignetted image. The image processor is further configured to enlarge at least part of the first region to produce an enlarged image according to an operation signal from an interface component. The display component is configured to display the vignetted image on the second region and the enlarged image on the first region. The controller is configured to control at least one of the imaging component, the image processor, and the display component.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-142565 filed on Jun. 28, 2011. The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-142565 is hereby incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The present invention relates to an imaging device that captures a subject image and produces image information. More specifically, the present invention relates to an imaging device with settings that can be used on the captured image information.[0004]2. Background Information[0005]With some conventional imaging devices, the user can be given a field angle effect that is just as if a diorama (miniature) were captured, by subjecting part of the captured image to filtering with a vignetting effect (called diorama filtering, etc.) (See, for example, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application 2011-010243).[0006]A diorama filter performs vignette processing on part of a scre...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/232H04N5/262
CPCH04N5/23216H04N5/23293H04N5/2621H04N23/62H04N23/635
Inventor UEDA, YUKIOKAMOTO, WATARU
Owner PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD